Snoop Tries Doc's Kit - Spring/Summer 2015

[DrZiggy]

Chop Chop

I took down the love Potion and the smaller White Lemon tonight. The house is smelling great and Im looking forward to have a few more stains around.

Love Potion 58 days

White Lemon 58 days Didn't get frosty like the other 2. This one was in the 7g and farther from the light. Never really changed that much in the last 6 days but loving the testers from it

Hanging out

The final 4. Next round is looking good. Hope to have them in the tent sooner then later

congratulations!! Buds look great!!

 

[Snoop429]

congratulations!! Buds look great!!

Congrtats on the chop, looks really tasty!

Cure then smoke report!

Thanks again everyone.

With some buds hanging on the line, 2 more almost ready to come down and 4 more ready to be moved into their new home Id say its a good week

 

[Snoop429]

Howdy 420,

I just finished trimming the last few plants and weighing everything up. Just a little short of 200g. Most of the plants came in just over an Oz. The biggest producer was of course one of the White Lemon (63g) that was is the 20 gal. It was the tallest of all the plants and stopped growing when it was 6" from the light. The flowers were twice as thick as the others. Going by what I've seen here I need two things for my next grow. Bigger pots and more light!

Thanks to everyone who followed along or took the time to see what I was up to. next round should start shortly

 

[Duggan]

Congrats on a nice little harvest Snoop....ya eh....bigger pots and more light!! Now your talkin brotha!

 

[JuanCarlos]

I think it may be the light, not the pots. 2-4 ounces from 7 gallon pots seems like an average for the kit.

 

[Snoop429]

I think it may be the light, not the pots. 2-4 ounces from 7 gallon pots seems like an average for the kit.

Thanks JuanCarlos that's good to know. I have two more lights on the way and will be going from just over 400w to 1000w. I was really surprised on the how much bigger the buds were and they were only a difference of 6" Cheers

 

[Snoop429]

Congrats on a nice little harvest Snoop....ya eh....bigger pots and more light!! Now your talkin brotha!

Thanks Duggan, my girls in veg are in 3 gal pots and are looking for more space! Time to move them into something bigger and get this party started. Next round is going to be a good one

 

[Snoop429]

Howdy 420,

Time to get back into the swing of things. I switched my light for 2 of the 3x144 Mars Reflectors. That will increase my light by 50% to 610W. Without adding supports to the tent I don't think it can handle the weight of my other light as well. They look good so far and are producing enough heat that I was able to reduce my heater to half of what it was using before. I have also doubled my pot size from 7-15gallons (about 12 gal in the pots). Added a layer if insulation foam board between the tent and platform to help keep those roots happy. That's it for now, currently running the lights on veg mode to help with the transition and will be flowering shortly. Heading out for saucers then I can give them a drink. Cheers

 

[Sonora]

Good to see it get started again. I'm not totally sold on the BRIX approach, but it's always lovely to see more experiments done around it.

 

[Doc Bud]

Good to see it get started again. I'm not totally sold on the BRIX approach, but it's always lovely to see more experiments done around it.

We're quite a ways past the "experiment" stage of things.

 

[Duggan]

We're quite a ways past the "experiment" stage of things.

No experimenting here....DBHBB works, all the time ! No guess work, no fuss, just top shelf produce every time!

 

[DrZiggy]

No experimenting here....DBHBB works, all the time ! No guess work, no fuss, just top shelf produce every time!

..well some of us experiment sometimes.. its an awesome grow system that's constantly improving

thank you Doc!

 

[Doc Bud]

..well some of us experiment sometimes.. its an awesome grow system that's constantly improving

thank you Doc!

LOL. What I meant what that we're not experimenting trying to get it to work well.....it does that in spades. Any experimentation we're doing at this point is to make it better or make it personal. There's a big difference!

 

[Sonora]

I think there's a difference between "Brix" and "Dr. Bud's Brix". Does using DB's mix show that Brix works? or that DB's mix specifically works? Do we have controlled tests to verify that?

BRIX can certainly work in hydro - do we have any tests to determine that?

What is the best Brix method? Most times in life, best <> most popular. Have we stacked alternative brix methods against one another to get outcomes?

None of this is meant to take a shot at DB, who I think is a phenomenal grower and contributor to our community. But I very much think BRIX growing, at least as it pertains to weed, is very much in the experimentation phase. The literature on it (weed + brix specifically) dates back to about 2008. You'd be hard-pressed to convince anyone there's a consensus around topic of research after 8 years.

Again, not to start a war, or to criticize. But my job is data analysis and designing large-scale controlled experiments. By any scientific definition, "Brix" is an experiment.

 

[Doc Bud]

I think there's a difference between "Brix" and "Dr. Bud's Brix". Does using DB's mix show that Brix works? or that DB's mix specifically works? Do we have controlled tests to verify that?

BRIX can certainly work in hydro - do we have any tests to determine that?

What is the best Brix method? Most times in life, best <> most popular. Have we stacked alternative brix methods against one another to get outcomes?

None of this is meant to take a shot at DB, who I think is a phenomenal grower and contributor to our community. But I very much think BRIX growing, at least as it pertains to weed, is very much in the experimentation phase. The literature on it (weed + brix specifically) dates back to about 2008. You'd be hard-pressed to convince anyone there's a consensus around topic of research after 8 years.

Again, not to start a war, or to criticize. But my job is data analysis and designing large-scale controlled experiments. By any scientific definition, "Brix" is an experiment.

You should at least learn the vocabulary and glossary before you pronounce such judgements.

FYI, there is reams--no pun intended--of research supporting my methods. I didn't invent it. I am the first to use it for weed and I continue to improve all the time.

Perhaps you could search under different terms and learn a few things. "Brix" is not a style of growing. It is a measurement of sugars and other compounds that bend light in leaf juice.

We are biological growers with highly mineralized soil, major and minor elements in a precise range and proportion. Why this range and proportionality in major/minor elements? Well, it's due to all the research you didn't look at. We know how to grow healthy plants. Everything we do is based on research and is proven science. Has the research been done specifically on cannabis yet? No....but cannabis hasn't been grown this way until recently.

It being like every other plant on God's earth means it too will grow better with living soil that is properly mineralized. All plants do.

 

[Snoop429]

Hello Sonora,

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my journal. This is my story about learning how to grow cannabis. There are many different ways that we can chose to get to the end but what you see here is the path I have chosen. I grow with Doc's Kit for many different reasons. Ive never taken a Brix reading or even care to do so, When sharing a smoke with friends I tell them that I grow in mineralized soil and never mention Brix. I don't even recall discussing Brix in my journal except for my chosen method "DBHB Kit" You are more then welcome to stick around and follow me on my adventure but this is NOT the place to discuss other methods of growing or to negatively comment on the path I have chosen. Maybe it wasn't your intention to cause a reaction by your comment but being a member for 7 years and only 69 posts I think that fits the term "Trolling" If you go back to the beginning of this journal you can see that Im still very new to this and if you were wanting to discus this method I think there are better places to post your comments and questions.

Snoop

 

[Sonora]

There's a lot of reasons someone could have been a long-time member and infrequent poster. In my case, it's because I got divorced in 2010. For several years I was focused on putting the pieces back together and taking care of my kids. I like to think that if you look at what I've posted, it tends to be mostly positive, encouraging and curious.

Certainly I didn't intend to come off as a troll, and I regret that's the impression you have.

Best of luck with your grow.

 

[Graytail]

There's a lot of reasons someone could have been a long-time member and infrequent poster. In my case, it's because I got divorced in 2010. For several years I was focused on putting the pieces back together and taking care of my kids. I like to think that if you look at what I've posted, it tends to be mostly positive, encouraging and curious.

Certainly I didn't intend to come off as a troll, and I regret that's the impression you have.

Best of luck with your grow.

I looked it over yesterday, and I've seen you post over the years.

Online communication is so weird ...

 

[Major PITA]

There's a lot of reasons someone could have been a long-time member and infrequent poster. In my case, it's because I got divorced in 2010. For several years I was focused on putting the pieces back together and taking care of my kids. I like to think that if you look at what I've posted, it tends to be mostly positive, encouraging and curious.

Certainly I didn't intend to come off as a troll, and I regret that's the impression you have.

Best of luck with your grow.

I don't care how many posts a member has. I also don't claim to have a complete knowledge of DBHBB kit in general, or Cat timing in particular. I'd love to see various examples.
Rather than tell us how wrong we are, it would be great information to see pictures of when you give the first Cat and then follow up with photos a week or so after the last drench, as well as the finished buds. Shiggity started a thread just for that purpose: Cat Drench Timing. I'd find that useful and it would come across as less confrontational, IMHO.

 

[Snoop429]

There's a lot of reasons someone could have been a long-time member and infrequent poster. In my case, it's because I got divorced in 2010. For several years I was focused on putting the pieces back together and taking care of my kids. I like to think that if you look at what I've posted, it tends to be mostly positive, encouraging and curious.

Certainly I didn't intend to come off as a troll, and I regret that's the impression you have.

Best of luck with your grow.

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